Lista admits links with Soemarjono<\/p>\n
SURABAYA (JP): Another suspect in fake money scandal, Lista
\nAndriyani, admitted on Tuesday to involvement in fake money
\nbusiness with the main suspect Col. (Ret.) Soemarjono.<\/p>\n
Answering interrogators at the Surabaya City Police
\nheadquarters, Lista, a 40 year-old businesswoman brought by the
\nJakarta Police for her testimony.<\/p>\n
Films and metal plates, cuts of Indonesian Bank notes of Rp
\n50,000 bearing the picture of Soeharto and a big role of paper
\nfor printing the fake money were among the paraphernalia brought
\nby the police from Jakarta.<\/p>\n
Lista, who admitted earlier that she obtained the paper from
\nSoemarjono, reiterated in Surabaya on Tuesday morning that she
\nknew Soemarjono and participated in fake money business with him,
\nchief of Surabaya Police detective Maj. Edwin said.<\/p>\n
"As predicted, Soemarjono denied knowing Lista," Edwin said,
\nadding that the role of paper she bright with her was said to be
\nSoemarjono's.<\/p>\n
"The paper was sent by Soemarjono to Lista's home late
\nNovember of last year, after they became acquainted earlier that
\nmonth," Edwin said.<\/p>\n
"We discussed business. But Pak (Mr.) Soemarjono offered
\ncounterfeit money business seriously," Lista was quoted by Edwin
\nas saying.<\/p>\n
Lista, who refused to be interviewed by reporters, told the
\npolice that in a meeting with Soemarjono in her home in Kelapa
\nGading Permai housing complex in Jakarta, Soemarjono agreed to
\ndispatch a role of paper for the counterfeit notes totaling Rp 50
\nmillion.<\/p>\n
One week later a man with a pickup loaded with a role of paper
\nwas sent to Lista, the woman told the police. "Two days later
\nSoemarjono came to find out if the paper was received," Edwin
\nsaid.<\/p>\n
"Soemarjono admitted to knowing Lista, but denied Lista's
\nstatements," Edwin said.<\/p>\n
Soemarjono, the manager of the Indonesian Thomas Cup team in
\nKuala Lumpur this year, is one of 14 suspects detained by
\nSurabaya Police in the illegal business. Besides Soemarjono, two
\nother retired Army officers are among the suspects.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, a report by Kompas newspaper on Tuesday about the
\npresence of a near flawless counterfeit of Rp 100,000 bills sent
\nmany people panicking.<\/p>\n
The monetary authority was silenced about the report but bank
\ntellers in Jakarta on Tuesday were seen scratching every Rp
\n100,000 bill deposited by customers to check its authenticiy.<\/p>\n
The counterfeits passed the usual ultra-violet light tests and
\nthe only way to tell them from the original notes is that the Rp
\n10,000 figure comes off if scratched by fingernails, according to
\nKompas. (nur\/sur)<\/p>",
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